parar

to stop, halt

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Meanings

verb

  1. intransitive, transitive to stop, halt
  2. Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia to stand up
  3. Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica to put something in a vertical position
  4. Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica to put someone in a vertical position
  5. Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic to get up (from bed)
  6. reflexive to become erect (in the sense of upright)
  7. Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America (of one's penis) to become erect
  8. Chile see pararlas
  9. Peru, colloquial to tend to do or to be (followed by a gerund)

Conjugation

Gerund parando · past participle parado

Indicative

presentimperfectpreteritefutureconditional
yoparoparabaparépararépararía
túparasparabasparastepararáspararías
vosparásparabasparastepararáspararías
él, ella, ustedparaparabaparópararápararía
nosotrosparamosparábamosparamospararemospararíamos
vosotrosparáisparabaisparasteispararéispararíais
ellos, ellas, ustedesparanparabanpararonpararánpararían

Subjunctive

presentimperfect (-ra)imperfect (-se)future
yoparepararaparaseparare
túparespararasparasesparares
vosparéspararasparasesparares
él, ella, ustedparepararaparaseparare
nosotrosparemosparáramosparásemosparáremos
vosotrosparéispararaisparaseisparareis
ellos, ellas, ustedesparenpararanparasenpararen

Imperative

affirmativenegative
túparano pares
vospará
ustedpareno pare
nosotrosparemosno paremos
vosotrosparadno paréis
ustedesparenno paren

In sentences

No lo pares. Don't stop him. #603991

¿Te paraste? Did you stand up? #2775094

Párate aquí. Stop right here. #6675135

Paraos aquí. Stop here. #6675146

Tom se paró. Tom stopped. #9423030

No te pares. Don't stand up. #9446050

No se paren. Don't stop. #9774783

Estoy parado. I'm unemployed. #763576